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Each day leading up to the Senate vote, we'll take a closer look at a Republican senator who seems to be on the fence on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, what they want, and what role they're likely to play in the debate. Today we focus on Kentucky's most famous ophthalmologist, none other than Sen. Rand Paul.

Sen. Paul has made it clear he is no fan of the Senate health care bill. He has constantly criticized it for keeping too much of the Affordable Care Act intact. Today, though, he issued a clear list of demands:

What will get him on board: Some version of these demands, probably. It's instructive to look at how the Freedom Caucus negotiations worked. That group started with a long list of demands but ultimately whittled down the list to two nonnegotiable proposals. So it's possible we'll see Paul settle for a few of these ideas rather than his entire list.

Alabama would see biggest premium spikes under Senate bill. Check out the full slideshow presentation from the Kaiser Family Foundation, which compares how premiums would change under the Better Care Reconciliation Act.

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Rand Paul's health care demands, explained - Vox

June 28, 2017 11:50 PM By Rich Zeoli

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Kentucky Senator Rand Paul called for conservatives in the Republican party to rally against the current version of the GOPs health care during an appearance on The Rich Zeoli Show on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, saying this type of legislation is what voters joined tea parties all across the country to stop.

I just dont understand it. What happened? I was at these tea party rallies with a hundred thousand people on the Mall in Washington. Where are those people now and what happened to a movement that said that we believed in free markets, freedom, choice, competition? Now, all of a sudden, were saying there needs to be more Medicaid money is the supposed repeal?

Paul stated he believes Donald Trump shares his view about health care reform, but that has not yet translated to the legislation being proposed.

I think he is a conservative businessman and Ive been increasingly convinced of that every time I meet him. I think if he has the power, hell try to make this bill less bad. But, weve got a lot of, unfortunately, competing voices and right now, the voices that want to keep Obamacare are winning in the Republican caucus.

He hopes Trump can force the Republicans to amend the bill in ways more amenable to the conservative member of their caucus.

Were going to keep fighting. The fight is not over. I think President Trump is on our side versus the establishment and well see if he has the ability to persuade. I just spoke to him, he called to see how it was going and I said, look, Mr President, weve got a big fight here and we need your help and I gave him some ideas. He said that sounds great. Ill see what I can do.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP/WKYT)- Senator Rand Paul released a statement regarding his thoughts on the California, Kentucky Travel Ban.

Senator Paul released the following statement to WDRB News; I thought we fought the Civil War a long time ago. We were going to be one country, not separate countries. Banning travel is a really really short-sided,

The Governors office has also already released a statement saying the only reason the California Attorney General made this decision was because Kentucky doesnt share ideological and political views and that this is just an excuse for West Coast Liberals to continue to rail against the president's orders.

Both statements come after California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Thursday that Kentucky, Alabama, South Dakota, and Texas were added to its list of states subject to travel restrictions because of laws that could be considered discriminatory against members of the LGBTQ community. North Carolina, Kansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee are already on the list.

A California statute that went into effect in January prohibits state-funded and state-sponsored travel to states with laws that authorize or require discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression or against same-sex couples or their families.

Those travel restrictions apply to state agencies, departments, boards, authorities, and commissions, including an agency, department, board, authority, or commission of the University of California and California State University.

Becerra says California taxpayers' money "will not be used to let people travel to states who chose to discriminate."

The state added Kentucky because of Senate Bill 17 which was passed during the legislative session earlier this year. Officials in California say the law could allow student-run organizations in colleges and K-12 schools in Kentucky to discriminate against classmates based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

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President Trump will meet Tuesday with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, one of six Senate Republican holdouts on the GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to a White House official.

Mr. Trump is aggressively pushing to get the Senate bill across the finish line this week.

The meeting with Mr. Paul follows a series of phone calls over the weekend to at least four of the Senate Republicans who have balked at the bill, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, plans to put to a vote by the end of the week.

Getting the Senate health care bill passed and a final bill to approval before Congresss August recess is a top priority for Mr. Trump and Republicans. But the effort was complicated by a Congressional Budget Office analysis that projected 22 million people would lose health insurance as a result of the Senate bill.

Senate Republicans can suffer two defections and still pass the bill. No Democrats are expected to vote for it.

The other GOP holdouts that Mr. Trump called over the weekend included Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Ted Cruz of Texas and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

The president, who reportedly said the House version of the bill was mean, was impressed with the work done by the Senate, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday.

Hes very pleased with the developments, he said, repeating Mr. Trumps remark that he wants a bill that has heart.

He wants a bill that does what it is supposed to do. If you look at what happened with Obamacare, he wants to make sure we think through this, said Mr. Spicer. He will continue to support ways to make the bill stronger.

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Sen. Rand PaulRand PaulThree more GOP senators announce opposition to healthcare bill Rand Paul: Trump 'open to making bill better' Senate GOP delays ObamaCare repeal vote past recess MORE (R-Ky.) will meet with President Trump on Tuesday afternoon as GOP leadership aims to shore up the votes to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

A spokesman for the Kentucky Republican confirmed the White House meeting, which Paul also tweeted about.

I'll discuss w/ him how to fix bill & get more to a YES on real repeal, things I've tried to tell Senate leaders with no result so far

Paul has been a vocal critic of the Senate GOP's healthcare bill. He told reporterson Mondaynight that he would vote against an initial procedural hurdle that could come as early as Tuesday.

Asked if that meant he would vote "no" on the initial motion to proceed, Paul said, "absolutely," adding that leadership doesn't currently have the votes it needs.

Paul's meeting comes as GOP leadership is stepping up its efforts to win over opposing senators.

Sen. Ted CruzTed CruzThree more GOP senators announce opposition to healthcare bill Senate GOP delays ObamaCare repeal vote past recess Club for Growth opposes Senate ObamaCare repeal bill MORE (R-Texas) huddled in Majority Leader Mitch McConnellMitch McConnellMore than 300 abuse victim support groups oppose GOP healthcare bill Dem lawmaker: GOP healthcare battle is like the Titantic Behind closed doors, tensions in the GOP MORE's (R-Ky.) office for roughly 45 minuteson Tuesday. Vice PresidentPence is also reportedly hosting a handful of conservative senatorson Tuesdaynight.

McConnell has a narrow window for passing their healthcare legislation, which he wants to move before theJuly 4 recess.

With 52 GOP senators, he can only afford to lose two seats and still rely on Pence break a tie.

So far, four GOP senators including Paul have said they will vote to effectively block the Senate from taking up its legislation on a procedural motion.

A spokesman for Sen. Mike LeeMike LeeThree more GOP senators announce opposition to healthcare bill Senate GOP delays ObamaCare repeal vote past recess Club for Growth opposes Senate ObamaCare repeal bill MORE stopped shorton Mondaynight of saying the Utah Republican would vote against proceeding, but stressed that changes needed to be made to win his vote.

"There would have to be changes in the base bill for us to vote for a motion to proceed," he said.

According to ABC News reporter Ali Rogin, Trump called Lee on Monday and hell dine with Pence on Tuesday night.

POTUS called Sen. Mike Lee yesterday to talk healthcare. Spox called it "positive call." Lee will also dine with VP Pence tonight.

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